If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it. Samuel Richardson on society
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. Samuel Richardson on sports
There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be. Samuel Richardson on women
Women do not often fall in love with philosophers. Samuel Richardson on women
Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. Samuel Richardson on women
Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest. Samuel Richardson on women
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. Samuel Richardson on women
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. Samuel Richardson on women
From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. Samuel Richardson on women
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Samuel Richardson on understanding